The Ebor Singers

October 7 @ 7:30 pm

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A programme centred on the premieres of two timely commissions: Errollyn Wallen sets Langston Hughes’ poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers, while David Power sets poetry by World War One conscientious objector, E.H. Visiak. The first half also interweaves movements from Kerry Andrew’s York Mass plus music by Hildegard von Bingen and Howard Skempton.

The second half celebrates choral music by women composers. York Viking Festival commissioned Hilary Campbell’s All Men are Mortal for Ebor Singers in 2010. The choir has performed for the finals of NCEM’s Young Composers Award since it began in 2008. Kerensa Briggs won the award in 2014, while Rhiannon Randle was a finalist in 2017.

Over the last few years, members of The Ebor Singers have recorded A-level choral compositions for Year 13 pupils of Camden High School for Girls. In this concert they present pieces by Mabel Hoskins and Xenia Hasalam, both from the class of 2017.